Working with a technical editor

by Kitty on May 26, 2007

Jean Weber (owner of the Technical Editors’ Eyrie site) has written a new article for TECHWR-L entitled “Working with a Technical Editor“. It gives technical writers an idea of what to expect from the experience of working with a technical editor and is an interesting read. It points to 1980 paper by Robert van Buren and Mary Ann Buehler entitled “The Levels of Edit” but the link given doesn’t work. The 34-page paper is actually located here.

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Mimi June 4, 2007 at 21:49: I’m still wondering how to get me one of those.
readpen June 6, 2007 at 10:42: Another good resource is the 2002 paper “Technical Editing as Quality Assurance: Adding Value to Content” (Corbin, Moell, Boyd).
Find the slideshow under Corbin’s name here:
http://www.stc.org/49thConf/Session%5FMaterials/show_NN.asp
Find the paper here:
http://tc.eserver.org/14254.html

I also like the definitions of editorial skills posted here:
http://www.editors.ca/hire/definitions.html
readpen June 6, 2007 at 11:36: and the new TECHWR-L article is called “Working with a Technical Editor”
admin June 7, 2007 at 05:47: Whoops! Didn’t notice that mistake. Thanks. I’ve corrected it.